Originally posted by borutp
And now it is raising again with the same speed/altitude ... this is nonsense

edit on 22-9-2011 by borutp because: (no reason
given)

No, it's just an eliptical orbit and with that simple geometry. Of cause it will 'raise' with the same speed as the orbit just take it further out
into space. So it's just further away from earth and thus displayed with a higher height above ground.

Originally posted by Maxatoria
it'll probably land in england somewhere and before you can blink it'll be off down to the scrap yard on the back of a gypsies tarmac wagon

Thats not even funny

There has been a massive increase in 'Rag n Bone' men again with at least 1 wagon on our estate every day now, you were
lucky if you saw one once every 6 months a few months ago. Just goes to show how hard times are here and everyones suffering. I looked out last night
for UARS passing over but the cloud cover didnt allow for any visual sighting. I really hope this lands in the sea somewhere.

you all are funny. Object 21701 has a radar cross section of 17.2. the ISS has a cross section od 266.0. this object is not really that big when you
compar it to the other 38000+ other objects in space or even LEO. For example a typical COMM SAT has a cross section of say 35.0+, which is still half
as big as the UARS payload.

My job is to support the SSN on a 365/24.7 basis. there is really no need to get worked up over this story. A good 8-12 objects a week decay, some
old, some new. this object 21701 is really no different, just another day at the office for this Florida State Seminole.

Just watched it streak across the Louisiana sky. It was moving pretty good, glowing nice and orange (best I could tell) but it wasn't nearly as fast
as I had imagined from earlier posts. It was in my line of sight for what seemed like a good 30 seconds or more. Pretty cool.

hahaha, good on ditty. we do make a lot of jokes but we consider this a "TIP" object and to be honest, it is not the highest priority object right
now. in the past two days the Russians and French (ESA) have had successful launches. Those are what we are worried about.

I'd like to know why any risk is being taken. Correct me if I'm wrong but haven't millions of tax payers dollars been spent by the US, China and
maybe others in developing and testing missiles that shoot down sattelites? I take it the missiles are too expensive to waste on such things like
destroying a satelite that could potentialy wipe out a few dozen innocent people when it crashes back to earth. The missiles are only for important
things like protecting their little secrets from prying eyes, right?

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